For M 02/04:
Finish wiki personal page
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
Make a new page, write a reaction, link to your personal page: what do you think of the results?
Voices from the past
Former students share their experiences and projects
For M 02/04:
Finish wiki personal page
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
Make a new page, write a reaction, link to your personal page: what do you think of the results?
For M 02/11:
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
For what purposes do you write?
For what audiences do you write?
What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
What is it that you admire about this article?
What do you get out of the writing you do?
You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page. Then write an essay about your reaction: What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
For M 02/11:
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
For what purposes do you write?
For what audiences do you write?
What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
What is it that you admire about this article?
What do you get out of the writing you do?
You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.
Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
For M 02/11:
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
For what purposes do you write?
For what audiences do you write?
What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
What is it that you admire about this article?
What do you get out of the writing you do?
You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.
Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
For M 02/11:
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
For what purposes do you write?
For what audiences do you write?
What is the title of one research article you admire?
What is it that you admire about this article?
What do you get out of the writing you do?
You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.
Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
For W 2/13
Please bring your interview answers and the professional article you got from your interviewee. To prepare for groupwork, please fill out and bring to class the following handout. You should also post it to a new page linked to your personal page.
For F 2/15
Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers in a new page linked to your personal page.
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into a wiki page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers in a new page linked to your personal page.
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into a wiki page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses on a new page linked to your personal page.
For F 2/22:
Update your Course Goals table with examples and explanations from our work so far of how you've begun to address the course goals. Meet in library rm. 243 for research presentation 2
For M 2/25:
Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class:
--Popular journal article from your major
(for example, you might choose an article from Education Week, Psychology Today, or Science)
--Diary entry
Make a new page, post your examples, link to your personal page, and bring your examples to class.
These need not be on your topic--just examples of this kind of writing.
For F 3/01:
Please fill out and bring "Topic to Problem" handout to class
If you prefer to work with electronic version, please remember to rename the file below:
Genre practice
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
On M 3/04:
Meet near library rm. 243 for research/conferences
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
For W 3/06:
Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class:
--Slideshow used by a professional in your field
(for example, I might ask for one from a high school English teacher)
--Magazine ad
Derive characteristics/criteria for each genre;
Make a new page,
post your examples and characteristics/criteria;
link to your personal page;
and bring examples and characteristics/criteria to class.
For F 3/08:
Choose 1 genre from your FAQ-I sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
Genre practice
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
For F 3/08: Prepare for peer review
Choose 1 genre from your FAQ-I sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
For M 3/25:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
Buy Lit Circles book and bring to class on 3/25 Me and Earl(1): Lauren, Madison, Kristin, Joel Me and Earl(2): Devyn, Mallory, Victoria, Taylor Blind Side: Zach, Billy, Hayley, Lindsey Monster: Ian, Raijene, Hunter, Nala Crank(1): Lynn, Scott, Ryann, Jeremy Crank(2): Annette, Rebecca, David, Seth
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/08:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
For M 4/08:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
For M 4/08:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
For W 4/10:
Now that you've finished about half of your project, reflect on how you might synthesize your genres using a repetend or linking mechanism, and how you might "package" your project; post this brief reflection on a new page, link to your personal page, and come prepared to discuss
For M 4/15:
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/15:
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For M 4/15:
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
How will you present to our class?
What will you be looking for as you watch presentations?
As you read other projects?
Post to new page, link to personal page, come prepared to discuss
For M 4/22:
Prepare portfolio reflection for peer review
Use your course goals and the stages of your project saved on your personal page to describe how you've addressed the goals of the course. You should have at least one concrete example for each course goal.
In your reflection, tell about what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about your major? do you see yourself using multiple genres in your future career? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Post to your personal page
Meet in MCHS 3234 on Friday
(Note: on Friday, we'll be working on updating your portfolios for people outside our class. If you've used a website to package your project, you'll work on linking your Course Goals letter to the artifacts; if you've used a hard-copy packaging of your project, you'll need to create an electronic copy of your Course Goals letter linked to your artifacts. In case you need to upload them separately, please bring with you electronic copies of all of your genres. I recommend that you bring your work on a laptop or a flashdrive).
Info to be entered in the "Description" field in BOLT if you're uploading stuff for your portfolio:
WHAT: I chose a topic to research for the semester. For a particular purpose and audience, I composed seven different genres on this topic and linked these genres together into a coherent whole (for example, my project on _ included a _, _, and _; these were packaged with other genres as a _).
HOW: After introduction to the project and to rhetorical analysis, we chose topics and did library research. Then we composed and peer reviewed one genre/week for five weeks. For each genre, I found three models (e.g., three journal articles, three brochures) and used these to derive characteristics (what must be included in this genre?) and criteria (what makes a good one?) before creating my own. Peers and my instructor reviewed drafts of each genre. I also gave a 10-minute presentation on my topic at end of semester, adapting my project for the class audience and time constraint.
WHY: Researching and presenting a topic via multiple genres provides different perspectives on that topic, and thus a richer understanding. This process also requires students to think about which genres are appropriate for their purpose/audience and shows them the affordances and constraints of different genres. The analysis and imitation of models for each genre as a step to composing their own helps prepare students as writers to use the same process when faced with other professional/disciplinary writing tasks their instructor cannot anticipate.
For M 4/29:
Prepare for presentations;
PROJECTS DUE!
Info to be entered in the "Description" field in BOLT when you're uploading stuff for your portfolio:
WHAT: I chose a topic to research for the semester. For a particular purpose and audience, I composed seven different genres on this topic and linked these genres together into a coherent whole (for example, my project on _ included a _, _, and _; these were packaged with other genres as a _).
HOW: After introduction to the project and to rhetorical analysis, we chose topics and did library research. Then we composed and peer reviewed one genre/week for five weeks. For each genre, I found three models (e.g., three journal articles, three brochures) and used these to derive characteristics (what must be included in this genre?) and criteria (what makes a good one?) before creating my own. Peers and my instructor reviewed drafts of each genre. I also gave a 10-minute presentation on my topic at end of semester, adapting my project for the class audience and time constraint.
WHY: Researching and presenting a topic via multiple genres provides different perspectives on that topic, and thus a richer understanding. This process also requires students to think about which genres are appropriate for their purpose/audience and shows them the affordances and constraints of different genres. The analysis and imitation of models for each genre as a step to composing their own helps prepare students as writers to use the same process when faced with other professional/disciplinary writing tasks their instructor cannot anticipate.
Michael Sherry
msherry@bloomu.edu
Work:(570)389-4976
Cell: (734)255-3241
Office: 106A
Office Hours:
M 10-12, 2-3
W 2-3
F 10-12
Course meets
M, W, F 1:00-1:50pm
BCH 104
Course Meetings and Due Dates (Overview)
Feb.
MI survey
Interview
Topic talks
Sample1
WASII
WASIII
Sample2
WASII
WASIII
Goals1
Genre Exs.1
2FAQ-I
Goals2
Genre Exs.2
10 FAQ-I
Goals3
Peer Rev.
Genre1
Peer Review
ProfG-1
bring Lit.Circle
book
Revision1
Spring Break
Spring Break
Spring Break
Peer Review
Genre2
Lit.Circle1
Revision2
Peer Review
ProfG-2
Lit.Circle2
Revision3
Peer Review
Genre3
Lit.Circle3
Revision4
Peer Review Genre
ProfG-3
Lit.Circle4
Revision5
Peer Review
Portfolio
Gallery Walk
Projects due
Portfolios
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Present
Class policies/Routines
Syllabus/Assignment
Join the wiki
Meet in CEH 217 for course tools practice
In CEH 217
Wiki How-to
Use the questionnaire below for Step 5
ePortfolio How-to
Finish wiki personal page
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
Make a new page, write a reaction, link to your personal page: what do you think of the results?
Former students share their experiences and projects
Finish wiki personal page
Take multiple intelligences survey
Read explanation
Make a new page, write a reaction, link to your personal page: what do you think of the results?
For M 02/11:
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
- You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
- Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
- What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
- Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
- For what purposes do you write?
- For what audiences do you write?
- What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
- What is it that you admire about this article?
- What do you get out of the writing you do?
- You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
- Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
- Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page. Then write an essay about your reaction: What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
Why this matters
Group task
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
- You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
- Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
- What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
- Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
- For what purposes do you write?
- For what audiences do you write?
- What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
- What is it that you admire about this article?
- What do you get out of the writing you do?
- You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
- Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
- Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
Purpose
Audience
Genre
Engagement
Why this matters
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
- You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
- Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
- What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
- Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
- For what purposes do you write?
- For what audiences do you write?
- What is the title of one research article you admire? (Note that this must be a research article--not a book)
- What is it that you admire about this article?
- What do you get out of the writing you do?
- You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
- Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
- Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
PAGE review
One mode, multiple genres
Genres change
Genre analysis
identify a professor in your major (or the field you think you might major in), and arrange to interview that person about what kinds of writing s/he admires. Here are some steps to help you:
- You should first compose a professional email or verbal request asking if and when you can do the interview (the person may agree to meet in person or want to answer your questions via email).
- Here are some questions you must ask about this person's writing:
- What kinds of writing do you do in your field/job?
- Please tell me about the kind of writing you do on an average day.
- For what purposes do you write?
- For what audiences do you write?
- What is the title of one research article you admire?
- What is it that you admire about this article?
- What do you get out of the writing you do?
- You can also ask additional questions if you wish!
- Make sure to take notes or save the answers you get from your interview.
- Find a copy of the article your interviewee mentioned and read it.
Summarize these steps/questions on a new page linked to your personal page.Then write an essay about your reaction as if you were writing to other freshman in your major:
What did you learn? What surprised you? What does this make you think about your own career plans?
Note: in this essay, I expect you to make a clear argument supported by specific examples which thoroughly addresses the assignment, including your interviewees responses and the article s/he mentioned. Don't worry about mechanics (language, spelling, etc.): this essay is diagnostic--I want to see where you are.
Brainstorm topics
Please bring your interview answers and the professional article you got from your interviewee. To prepare for groupwork, please fill out and bring to class the following handout. You should also post it to a new page linked to your personal page.
For F 2/15
Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers in a new page linked to your personal page.
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into a wiki page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
Reread multigenre assignment: What Topics, Genres, Audience(s), and Purpose(s) are you interested in pursuing? Answer "topic talk" questions for two possible topics and post your answers in a new page linked to your personal page.
(Note: You can download and fill out these worksheets, then copy and paste your answers into a wiki page)
Please come prepared to discuss this work in class.
What topic have you settled on, and why? For what audience(s) and purpose(s) might you design this project? What sources might you draw on? What genres might you use to represent your work? Post your responses on a new page linked to your personal page.
AND
read sample multigenre project and fill out Writing Analysis Strategy II & III questions:
You should have 1 copy of Writing Analysis StratII and 8 copies of Writing Analysis StratIII (one for each genre in the project)
Post your responses on a new page linked to your personal page.
Discuss sample project and WAS sheets
choose a sample multigenre project and fill out Writing Analysis Strategy II & III questions:
Post your responses on a new page linked to your personal page.
Groupwork: Using our class rubric, what grade would you assign to the sample project and why?
Sample FAQI sheets
Research Resources
Meet in Library rm. 243
for research presentation 1.
Using available resources
Update your Course Goals table with examples and explanations from our work so far of how you've begun to address the course goals.
Meet in library rm. 243 for research presentation 2
Identifying reliable sources
Quoting, paraphrasing, and citing sources
Making a Works Cited page
Library research
Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class:
--Popular journal article from your major
(for example, you might choose an article from Education Week, Psychology Today, or Science)
--Diary entry
Make a new page, post your examples, link to your personal page, and bring your examples to class.
These need not be on your topic--just examples of this kind of writing.
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
Meet in library for research/conferences
Update course goals
At least 2 FAQI sheets due by end of class
Please fill out and bring "Topic to Problem" handout to class
If you prefer to work with electronic version, please remember to rename the file below:
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
Meet near library rm. 243 for research/conferences
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
At least 10 FAQI sheets due by end of class
Find 1 example of each of these 2 genres for next class:
--Slideshow used by a professional in your field
(for example, I might ask for one from a high school English teacher)
--Magazine ad
Derive characteristics/criteria for each genre;
Make a new page,
post your examples and characteristics/criteria;
link to your personal page;
and bring examples and characteristics/criteria to class.
For F 3/08:
Choose 1 genre from your FAQ-I sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
Group: deriving characteristics and criteria for genres
Prepare for peer review
Choose 1 genre from your FAQ-I sheets;
find at least 3 examples;
derive characteristics and criteria;
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
On F 3/15, we'll start Literature Circles! For this book club,
you and your group members must choose a book you want to read together.
In preparation for this, please post 3 suggestions for books you'd like to read
to the discussion forum at the top of this page. Consider choosing books related to your major, your project, or your personal interests.
Interested in reading more about Literature Circles? Click here
Prepare for peer review
For your professional genre, draft a problem statement/literature review:
For 3/15:
Buy Lit Circles Book and bring to class
(Problem Statement/History of the Problem)
Revise Genre 1/ProfGenre1
Update course goals
For F 3/15:
Buy Lit Circles Book and bring to class
Smart moves from Genre 1/ProfGenre1
Buy Lit Circles Book and bring to class
Intro to Literature Circles
Set reading schedule
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
Buy Lit Circles book and bring to class on 3/25
Me and Earl(1): Lauren, Madison, Kristin, Joel
Me and Earl(2): Devyn, Mallory, Victoria, Taylor
Blind Side: Zach, Billy, Hayley, Lindsey
Monster: Ian, Raijene, Hunter, Nala
Crank(1): Lynn, Scott, Ryann, Jeremy
Crank(2): Annette, Rebecca, David, Seth
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
- Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
- Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.Spring Break
Literature Circles meet to set schedule
Revise Genre 2
Update course goals
Read pages scheduled by your Lit Circle group.
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
- Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
- Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.Revise Genre 2
Update Course Goals
Prepare for Lit Circles pt. 1
For M 4/01:
For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
- Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
- Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.For your professional genre: Decide what your response to the problem will be. Will you:
- Propose a new way of understanding or evaluating the problem?
- Propose and carry out some kind of intervention (e.g., a survey or observation)?
Find models for this section of your professional genre (often called "method" or "theoretical framework") Draft your own version of this section. Post to a new page linked to your personal page.(Response to the Problem)
Revise ProfGenre2
Update course goals
Prepare for Lit Circles pt. 2
For M 4/08:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
Revise ProfGenre2
Update course goals
Prepare for Lit Circles pt. 2
For M 4/08:
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
Develop another genre for peer review.
Use the models and the characteristics/criteria you derived to try to make yours
as good as you possibly can without help.
post and link to your personal page and be sure to
bring models, characteristics/criteria, and 3 copies of your draft to class.
Now that you've finished about half of your project, reflect on how you might synthesize your genres using a repetend or linking mechanism, and how you might "package" your project; post this brief reflection on a new page, link to your personal page, and come prepared to discuss
For F 4/12:
Revise Genre 3
Update course goals
Prepare for Lit Circles pt. 3
For M 4/15:
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
Discuss packaging and synthesis
Revise Genre 3
Update course goals
Prepare for Lit Circles pt. 3
For M 4/15:
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
For your professional genre:
What are the results/implications of your response to the problem?
How might they change the way people think about this issue/event?
This is your chance to "talk back" to the sources in your literature review.
Use your models & characteristics/criteria to draft this section of your professional genre.
Post to a new page linked to your personal page.
How will you present to our class?
What will you be looking for as you watch presentations?
As you read other projects?
Post to new page, link to personal page, come prepared to discuss
For F 4/19:
Revise ProfGenre3
Update course goals
Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 4
Revise ProfGenre3
Update course goals
Prepare for Literature Circles pt. 4
Prepare portfolio reflection for peer review
Use your course goals and the stages of your project saved on your personal page to describe how you've addressed the goals of the course. You should have at least one concrete example for each course goal.
In your reflection, tell about what you've learned:
--about your topic? what surprised you?
--about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you?
--about your major? do you see yourself using multiple genres in your future career? why or why not?
Please post your reflection at the top of your personal page.
Post to your personal page
For W 4/24:
Prepare for gallery walk
For F 4/26:
Projects due!
Projects due 4/29
Prepare for presentations 4/29
Meet in MCHS 3234 on Friday
(Note: on Friday, we'll be working on updating your portfolios for people outside our class. If you've used a website to package your project, you'll work on linking your Course Goals letter to the artifacts; if you've used a hard-copy packaging of your project, you'll need to create an electronic copy of your Course Goals letter linked to your artifacts. In case you need to upload them separately, please bring with you electronic copies of all of your genres. I recommend that you bring your work on a laptop or a flashdrive).
Info to be entered in the "Description" field in BOLT if you're uploading stuff for your portfolio:
WHAT: I chose a topic to research for the semester. For a particular purpose and audience, I composed seven different genres on this topic and linked these genres together into a coherent whole (for example, my project on _ included a _, _, and _; these were packaged with other genres as a _).
HOW: After introduction to the project and to rhetorical analysis, we chose topics and did library research. Then we composed and peer reviewed one genre/week for five weeks. For each genre, I found three models (e.g., three journal articles, three brochures) and used these to derive characteristics (what must be included in this genre?) and criteria (what makes a good one?) before creating my own. Peers and my instructor reviewed drafts of each genre. I also gave a 10-minute presentation on my topic at end of semester, adapting my project for the class audience and time constraint.
WHY: Researching and presenting a topic via multiple genres provides different perspectives on that topic, and thus a richer understanding. This process also requires students to think about which genres are appropriate for their purpose/audience and shows them the affordances and constraints of different genres. The analysis and imitation of models for each genre as a step to composing their own helps prepare students as writers to use the same process when faced with other professional/disciplinary writing tasks their instructor cannot anticipate.
For M 4/29:
Prepare for presentations;
PROJECTS DUE!
Info to be entered in the "Description" field in BOLT when you're uploading stuff for your portfolio:
WHAT: I chose a topic to research for the semester. For a particular purpose and audience, I composed seven different genres on this topic and linked these genres together into a coherent whole (for example, my project on _ included a _, _, and _; these were packaged with other genres as a _).
HOW: After introduction to the project and to rhetorical analysis, we chose topics and did library research. Then we composed and peer reviewed one genre/week for five weeks. For each genre, I found three models (e.g., three journal articles, three brochures) and used these to derive characteristics (what must be included in this genre?) and criteria (what makes a good one?) before creating my own. Peers and my instructor reviewed drafts of each genre. I also gave a 10-minute presentation on my topic at end of semester, adapting my project for the class audience and time constraint.
WHY: Researching and presenting a topic via multiple genres provides different perspectives on that topic, and thus a richer understanding. This process also requires students to think about which genres are appropriate for their purpose/audience and shows them the affordances and constraints of different genres. The analysis and imitation of models for each genre as a step to composing their own helps prepare students as writers to use the same process when faced with other professional/disciplinary writing tasks their instructor cannot anticipate.
Prepare for presentations
Presentations
Course evals